Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The county Board of Education is expected to OK Chairwoman Alison Bartlett's proposed reapportionment plan this morning.
The Cobb County Board of Education plans to vote this morning to accept the reapportionment map that was presented by board Chairwoman Alison Bartlett and approved 6-1 by the board July 28. Among other things, Bartlett said July 28 that her map aimed to more evenly distribute the Cobb County School District’s 16 high schools among board posts. Right now, posts range from one to four high schools each. But Bartlett and others also aimed to keep communities and schools within the boundaries of their current posts. The proposed reapportionment map and the current district map are attached to this article. Bartlett, whose Post 7 south of Marietta would expand westward under her plan, could not be reached for comment. Board member David Banks …
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Alternate plan by board member David Banks fizzles.
The Cobb Board of Education voted 6-1 on Thursday to put a new reapportionment map on the Aug. 10 work session agenda for a board vote. The board supported a map board Chairwoman Alison Bartlett presented first at the meeting and that she said included input from all board members. Board member David Banks presented a second map that he finished last week. He said he worked on it with board member Lynnda Crowder-Eagle and shared it with other board members through an email. Bartlett pointed out to Banks that his map would put her and Crowder-Eagle in the same post, which Banks acknowledged and said “both of you are up for re-election next year.” “You’re creating a post that neither of us live in,” Bartlett said. Bartlett later said that …
Friday, July 29, 2011
An Austell parent said the "black list" is similar to McCarthyism.
Three of the four Cobb Board of Education members at the center of an inquiry by the state attorney general declined to comment Thursday during a contentious school board meeting that also included allegations of a "black list" over the equally heated school calendar issue. A June 27 complaint by Cobb schools parent Tricia Knor to attorney general Sam Olens alleges that the four board members used personal email accounts to possibly conduct official business. When pressed by Lynnda Crowder-Eagle and David Banks during a 20-minute discussion, only Vice Chairman Scott Sweeney of East Cobb was willing to talk. Sweeney turned over the controversial communications from his private account following an Open Records request seeking more than 1,…
Thursday, July 28, 2011
The Board of Education's discussions could lead to the next SPLOST.
The Cobb County Board of Education will talk about its five-year Local Facilities Plan (LFP) tonight at 7 during new Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s first full board meeting at the Central Office, 514 Glover St. Cobb County School District SPLOST Chief Administrative Officer Doug Shepard said the LFP is a formal step the Georgia Department of Education requires to start the yearlong development process to ensure school systems are addressing their growth needs in a systematic way. The current plan expires June 30, 2012. The new plan will start July 1, 2012, and end June 30, 2017. “The new LFP will document the current facility inventory and capacity, projected enrollment growth and cost of needed renovations, additions and/or new schools…
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
At the Wednesday work session, Board of Education members will discuss the board's vision, as well as implementing the $11 million saved on construction of SPLOST projects.
At the Cobb Board of Education's Wednesday work session, David Morgan, whose Post 3 includes South Cobb, Pebblebrook and McEachern high schools, will discuss the board’s strategic plan and its priorities and vision. The question of the board’s adherence to a strategic vision was one of the issues the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools raised in a letter of inquiry to Superintendent Fred Sanderson in late March. Sanderson answered with his own letter April 28. “We want a strategic plan that drives and fosters student achievement at its highest,” Morgan said. “I think it’s (also) important we have a vision that drives our actions and decisions as a board.” Also, at the meeting, BOE member David Banks plans to discuss Taking …
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Armed attacks in Tuscon and Panama City still weigh heavily on South Cobb’s leaders.
While condolences and speedy recovery messages are being sent from across the world and the international space station, local politicians are still responding to the most recent attacks in Tucson, Ariz. “Like the rest of the country, I was saddened to hear about the shooting that had taken so many innocent lives. While you can’t blame the shooting on the overall negative and threatening tone present in politics, it does make you wonder if it is time to move toward a more civil debate on the issues. While things like this give you pause, as an elected official, I will continue to hold public meetings so families in my district can have a voice in the political process.” –David Wilkerson, Georgia State Representative, District 33 “We (…
Anne M Smith
9:31 pm on Thursday, July 28, 2011
how about using some of that money to improve the special ed depts. my daughter was forced out of the ccss when she reached the age of 22, she was promised to be able to participate in the graduation ceremony the next year and was NEVER called back. you guys really SUCK on how you treat special ed and i really believe that you would rather all those sped kids would disappear, ieps were not … more ›